Luke 1
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Luke 1:46-68

46And MaryG3137 saidG3004: “1My soulG5590 23exaltsG3170 the LordG2962,47And 4my spiritG4151 has rejoicedG21 in 5GodG2316 my SaviorG4990.48For 6He has hadG1914 regardG1914 for the humbleG5014 stateG5014 of His bond-servantG1401; For beholdG2400, from nowG3568 on allG3956 generationsG1074 will 7callG3106 me 8blessedG3106.49For the MightyG1415 OneG1415 has doneG4160 greatG3173 thingsG3173 for me; And holyG40 is His nameG3686.509And His mercyG1656 is to generationG1074 10afterG2532 generationG1074 Toward thoseG3588 who fearG5399 Him.5111He has doneG4160 12mightyG2904 deedsG2904 with His armG1023; He has scatteredG1287 those who were proudG5244 in the 13thoughtsG1271 of their heartsG2588.52He has broughtG2507 downG2507 rulersG1413 from their thronesG2362, And has 14exaltedG5312 those who were humbleG5011.5315He has filledG1705 the hungryG3983 with goodG18 thingsG18, And sentG1821 the richG4147 awayG1821 empty-handedG2756.54He has givenG482 helpG482 to His servantG3816 IsraelG2474, 16In remembranceG3403 of His mercyG1656,5517JustG2531 as He spokeG2980 to our fathersG3962, 18To AbrahamG11 and his 19descendantsG4690 foreverG165.”

56MaryG3137 stayedG3306 with her aboutG5613 threeG5140 monthsG3376, and then returnedG5290 to her homeG3624.

57NowG1161 the timeG5550 20had comeG4092 for ElizabethG1665 to giveG5088 birthG5088, and she gaveG1080 birthG5088 to a sonG5207. 58Her neighborsG4040 and her relativesG4773 heardG191 that the LordG2962 had 2122displayedG3170 His greatG3170 mercyG1656 towardG3326 her; and they were rejoicingG4796 withG4796 her.

59And it happenedG1096 that on 23the eighthG3590 dayG2250 they cameG2064 to circumciseG4059 the childG3813, and they were going to callG2564 him ZechariahG2197, 24afterG1909 his fatherG3962. 60And yet his motherG3384 respondedG611 and saidG3004, “NoG3780 indeedG3780; but 25he shall be calledG2564 JohnG2491.” 61And they saidG3004 to her, “There is noG3762 oneG3762 amongG1537 your relativesG4772 whoG3739 is calledG2564 by this nameG3686.” 62And they 2627madeG1770 signsG1770 to his fatherG3962, as to whatG5101G302 he wantedG2309 him calledG2564. 63And he askedG154 for a tabletG4093 and wroteG1125 28as followsG3004, “29His nameG3686 is JohnG2491.” And they wereG2296 allG3956 amazedG2296. 6430And at onceG3916 his mouthG4750 was openedG455 and his tongueG1100 freed, and he began speakingG2980 in praiseG2127 of GodG2316. 65And fearG5401 cameG1096 on allG3956 thoseG3588 who livedG4039 aroundG4039 them; and allG3956 theseG3778 mattersG4487 were being talkedG1255 aboutG1255 in 31the entireG3650 hillG3714 countryG3714 of JudeaG2449. 66AllG3956 who heardG191 them keptG5087 them inG2588 mindG2588, sayingG3004, “WhatG5101 thenG686 will thisG3778 childG3813 turn out to be?” For indeedG2532 32the handG5495 of the LordG2962 was with him.

67And his fatherG3962 ZechariahG2197 33was filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and 34prophesiedG4395, sayingG3004:68“35BlessedG2128 be the LordG2962 GodG2316 of IsraelG2474, For He has visitedG1980 us and accomplishedG4160 36redemptionG3085 for His peopleG2992,

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 1:46 Luke 1:46-53: 1 Sam 2:1-10 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 1:46 Lit makes great ↩
  3. 3. Luke 1:46 Ps 34:2f ↩
  4. 4. Luke 1:47 Ps 35:9; Hab 3:18 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 1:47 1 Tim 1:1; 2:3; Titus 1:3; 2:10; 3:4; Jude 25 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 1:48 Ps 138:6 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 1:48 Or consider ↩
  8. 8. Luke 1:48 Luke 1:45 ↩
  9. 9. Luke 1:50 Ps 103:17 ↩
  10. 10. Luke 1:50 Lit and ↩
  11. 11. Luke 1:51 Ps 98:1; 118:15 ↩
  12. 12. Luke 1:51 Lit might ↩
  13. 13. Luke 1:51 Lit thought, attitude ↩
  14. 14. Luke 1:52 Job 5:11 ↩
  15. 15. Luke 1:53 Ps 107:9 ↩
  16. 16. Luke 1:54 Lit So as to remember ↩
  17. 17. Luke 1:55 Gen 17:19; Ps 132:11; Gal 3:16 ↩
  18. 18. Luke 1:55 Gen 17:7 ↩
  19. 19. Luke 1:55 Lit seed ↩
  20. 20. Luke 1:57 Lit was fulfilled ↩
  21. 21. Luke 1:58 Lit magnified His mercy with her ↩
  22. 22. Luke 1:58 Gen 19:19 ↩
  23. 23. Luke 1:59 Gen 17:12; Lev 12:3; Luke 2:21; Phil 3:5 ↩
  24. 24. Luke 1:59 Lit after the name of ↩
  25. 25. Luke 1:60 Luke 1:13, 63 ↩
  26. 26. Luke 1:62 I.e., gestured or nodded ↩
  27. 27. Luke 1:62 Luke 1:22 ↩
  28. 28. Luke 1:63 Lit saying ↩
  29. 29. Luke 1:63 Luke 1:13, 60 ↩
  30. 30. Luke 1:64 Luke 1:20 ↩
  31. 31. Luke 1:65 Luke 1:39 ↩
  32. 32. Luke 1:66 Acts 11:21 ↩
  33. 33. Luke 1:67 Luke 1:41; Acts 2:4, 8; 9:17 ↩
  34. 34. Luke 1:67 Joel 2:28 ↩
  35. 35. Luke 1:68 1 Kin 1:48; Ps 41:13; 72:18; 106:48 ↩
  36. 36. Luke 1:68 Luke 1:71; 2:38; Heb 9:12 ↩

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